spin down
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See also: spindown
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Verb[edit]
spin down (third-person singular simple present spins down, present participle spinning down, simple past and past participle spun down)
- (of a rotating body) To reduce its speed of rotation.
- (figurative) To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.
- (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.